Infoblox Inc., a leader in cloud-first DNS management and security, announced that Jesper Andersen has decided to retire as Chief Executive Officer, and the Board of Directors has appointed Scott Harrell as the new President and Chief Executive Officer. Andersen will continue to serve on the Board and support Harrell through the transition.
Harrell brings strong executive leadership and portfolio management experience having spent two decades in leadership roles at Cisco Systems and Intel. Prior to joining Infoblox, Harrell was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Cisco’s $20 billion Intent Based Networking business unit where he oversaw the entire portfolio and engineering teams across the enterprise, IoT and data center markets. He has an MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flaglar Business School, and a bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Vista Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus, Infoblox investors, thoughtfully selected Harrell as Andersen’s successor.
“His deep-domain expertise in building leading technology businesses at Fortune 100 companies makes him perfectly suited for Infoblox – as the company continues to invest in next-generation cloud-first DNS management and security solutions,” said John Stalder, managing director, Vista Equity Partners. “We’re confident that he will lead the business to continued growth and adjacent market expansion.”
Harrell joins Infoblox at a critical time where more and more enterprises are embracing a remote workforce and multi-cloud strategies – both of which drastically increase DNS management complexities and security challenges.
“Infoblox is an innovative company with an incredibly talented team that consistently executes at extremely high levels. I am thankful for all Jesper has done for the company and the incredible culture that has been built under his leadership,” said Harrell. “Infoblox’s solutions are critical to the ongoing operations, availability, and security of enterprises across the world. I’m thrilled to join a company that embraces an innovation mindset anchored by its technology and its people, and I look forward to further accelerating Infoblox’s growth and market leading solutions.”
Learn more about Infoblox’s networking and security solutions here.
